COVID-19 case closes Ohio County office
WHEELING — The Ohio County Circuit Clerk’s office is closed until next week after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
Calls to the office are answered by a voice message telling the caller the office is closed until Nov. 9, and that a drop box has been placed at the entrance to the courthouse where all new court filings may be placed.
Circuit Court Brenda Miller confirmed the office has been closed due to COVID.
“One employee tested positive,” she said. “Everybody else in the office got tested and it came back negative.”
As a result, the office closed per Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department guidelines. There are eight employees and Miller working in the office.
The office is being cleaned and sanitized “for the safety of staff and the general public,” according to Miller.
“We plan to open Monday, Nov. 9 at 8:30 a.m.,” she said. “Currently we have a jury trial scheduled on that Monday.”
No court action has been delayed or halted because of the closure, Miller said.
“Files are pulled for the week for the judges to proceed with hearings,” she said. “My office also scans everything that comes into the office for case filings so they can be looked up on the computer.
“We have a drop box for filings outside the office on the fourth floor, too. Mail is getting processed daily.”
All other offices remain open for business as usual at the City-County Building.